Awake 6:30 am Temp outside=55 Light rain all morning Overnight Tucson
Umbrella in hand, we board our buses @ 9:00 am for Nagales, Mexico(1 hr
drive). Both of these hired buses have tag axle steering, so when we pull
into the McDonald's parking lot 1 block away from the Mexican border, that
short radius steering is amazingly sharp. We are told that lunch will be
served @ the LaRoca restaurant @ noon time & it'll be good.
It takes less than 5 mins to walk across the border into Nagales, Mexico
from our bus. We really are not interested in making any purchases so our
walking the streets & window shopping is mere curiosity, but the Nagales
store owners still try & peddle their wares. One thing we might try & buy
for less is some night-cap Cognac for me & Crown Royal for Kathy. While
browsing in a somewhat upscale jewelry, housewares & souvenir shop, a
young lady tells us how everyone in the area buys liquor at the best
price: cross over to the USA side, within 1/2 block you will find a duty
free shop with a large liquor section,as well as, the usual perfume,
jewlery, etc. You select & buy up to 1 liter each, then a security girl
waits until 4 or more persons are ready, and accompanies you back to the
Mexican side. Here you can make an immediate turn back through to the USA
side...duty free style. And we do that.
Anyway, in doing this, we missed the appointed LaRoca restaurant lunch so
we simply had a healthy chicken salad @ McDonald's.
En route back to our campground, our bus makes an hr stop @ the historic
town of Tubac. Spanish Colonists began settling here during the 1730's.
Today the town remains small but now, it's more of a town for arts &
crafts & jewelry makers, etc. Now that the rain has ceased in this area,
Kathy & I take the opportunity to get some walking exercise while seeing
the town. Back to our coach @ 4:00 pm.
@ 4:45 we depart for cocktails & dinner @ the Pima Air & Space Museum. We
were here yesterday & I like this place. Unfortunately it's drizzling a
little outside again so looking @ more aircraft now would not be so
comfortable. So tonight, we drink & dine in Hangar #3 with a restored B-24
Liberator, B-25 Mitchell, A-26, C-47 & others. We did enjoy looking
carefully @ these War birds, pictures of flight combat & reading about
some of their missions. More than the usual airplane talk revolved around
our table this evening most likely due to the atmosphere. Back to
campground after 8:00 pm.
Today's high=63 Lights out: 11:37
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